The Ruling on the Hadith: “Indeed, Allah the Exalted looked at a jewel, and it turned red…”
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Question:
I read in the book *Durat al-Nasihin fi al-Wa'z wa al-Irsad* by a scholar of the ninth century of the Hijri era named Uthman ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khubari. I read the following text:
From Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: “Indeed, Allah the Exalted looked at a jewel, and it turned red. Then He looked at it again, and it melted and trembled from the awe of its Lord. Then He looked at it a third time, and it became water. Then He looked at it a fourth time, and half of it solidified. He created the Throne from one half and water from the other half, then left it in that state, and thus it trembles until the Day of Resurrection. And from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): The ones who carry the Throne are four angels, each angel having four faces, and their feet are on the rock beneath the seventh earth, a journey of five hundred years.” I ask for your guidance?
Answer:
This book is not relied upon, and it contains fabricated hadiths and weak hadiths that are not relied upon. These two hadiths are among them, for they have no basis; rather, they are two fabricated hadiths falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, one should not rely on this book or similar books that collect chaff and grain, and the fabricated and the weak. The hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have been presented by the scholars, the Imams of the Sunnah, who distinguished their authentic from their defective. The believer should pay attention to good, beneficial books such as the two Sahihs, the books of the four Sunans, *Muntakha al-Akhbar* by Ibn Taymiyyah, *Riyad al-Salihin* by al-Nawawi, *Bulugh al-Maram* by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, *Umdat al-Hadith* by al-Hafiz 'Abd al-Ghani ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi, *Nasb al-Ra'yah* by al-Zayla'i, *Takhrij al-Habir* by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, and similar beneficial books that are considered reliable by the people of knowledge.
I read in the book *Durat al-Nasihin fi al-Wa'z wa al-Irsad* by a scholar of the ninth century of the Hijri era named Uthman ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Khubari. I read the following text:
From Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: “Indeed, Allah the Exalted looked at a jewel, and it turned red. Then He looked at it again, and it melted and trembled from the awe of its Lord. Then He looked at it a third time, and it became water. Then He looked at it a fourth time, and half of it solidified. He created the Throne from one half and water from the other half, then left it in that state, and thus it trembles until the Day of Resurrection. And from 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): The ones who carry the Throne are four angels, each angel having four faces, and their feet are on the rock beneath the seventh earth, a journey of five hundred years.” I ask for your guidance?
Answer:
This book is not relied upon, and it contains fabricated hadiths and weak hadiths that are not relied upon. These two hadiths are among them, for they have no basis; rather, they are two fabricated hadiths falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, one should not rely on this book or similar books that collect chaff and grain, and the fabricated and the weak. The hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have been presented by the scholars, the Imams of the Sunnah, who distinguished their authentic from their defective. The believer should pay attention to good, beneficial books such as the two Sahihs, the books of the four Sunans, *Muntakha al-Akhbar* by Ibn Taymiyyah, *Riyad al-Salihin* by al-Nawawi, *Bulugh al-Maram* by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, *Umdat al-Hadith* by al-Hafiz 'Abd al-Ghani ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi, *Nasb al-Ra'yah* by al-Zayla'i, *Takhrij al-Habir* by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, and similar beneficial books that are considered reliable by the people of knowledge.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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